Valérie-Noëlle KODJO DIOP

A graduate of ESCP Business School (1993) and holder of a post-graduate degree in Banking and Finance from Paris Dauphine university, Valérie-Noëlle Kodjo Diop started her career in 1994 with the Société Générale banking group as a specialist of structured commodity finance on the African continent. In 2005, she joined the BNP Paribas Group in Johannesburg, South Africa, first as Head of Structured Commodity and Infrastructure Finance for Southern Africa, then as Managing Director of the CIB South Africa Branch and Territory Manager until August 2016; back to the head office, she was appointed Senior Project Manager for rolling out the conduct and ethics program for corporate banking in the EMEA region.

In May 2017, she returned to the Société Générale Group in Paris where she held the position of Innovation and CSR Director within the International Banking Networks and Financial Services Department for Africa-Mediterranean Basin-Overseas (AFMO) region.

She is a member of the AFMO Management Committee and Group Executive.

With an extensive working experience of over 29  years in the banking and finance area, the new Director for Innovation and Sustainable Development, reporting directly to the President of BOAD, will be responsible for designing and implementing sustainable development policies, strategies and procedures.